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HistoryMar 17, 2022 - 12:46 p.m.

man-db vulnerability

2022-03-1712:46:06
Google
osv.dev
4
man-db
vulnerability
permission handling
cron job
race condition
privilege escalation
arbitrary code
software

AI Score

7.5

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

26.8%

It was discovered that man-db incorrectly handled permission changing
operations in its daily cron job, and was therefore affected by a race
condition. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges
and execute arbitrary code.